Open the Gate Robert Noyce Teacher Scholars Program

该项目反映了数学系、计算机科学系、化学系、物理系和生物系与教育学院职业中期数学与科学计划(MCMS)之间的合作伙伴关系，目的是：在地区初中和高中增加科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)专业的女性本科生、STEM专业人员和应届大学毕业生进入STEM教学专业的招聘；为接受STEM培训的教师提供全面的指导和支持；以及，在努力使该计划在米尔斯制度化的同时，评估影响招收、准备和保留开放之门学者的因素。该项目包括一个示范研究项目，以研究米尔斯的教师教育模式及其内部因素，这些因素支持他们的教师毕业生在城市高需求学校保持非常高的保留率。在该项目的整个过程中，将向12名本科生高级STEM专业的女本科生和36名MCMS项目的男、女研究生提供奖学金，每个人都有STEM本科专业。智力价值：“打开大门”的一个重要组成部分是让获得奖学金的学生参与一个示范研究项目，研究这种教师教育模式，以确定STEM职前学生的技能和知识如何随着时间的推移而发展，他们在职前和在职几年中取得进步的经验，以及他们与毕业生在高贫困学校担任教师的长期关系。因此，该项目的毕业生正在通过他们作为教师和研究人员的技能来推动数学和科学教育领域的教学学术研究，这些教师和研究人员提出复杂的课程和教学问题所产生的学术问题，这些问题需要对他们的实践进行持续、仔细和系统的检查，以努力改善这种情况。更广泛的影响：米尔斯大学毕业的文凭学生中，有一半来自在数学和科学方面代表性较低的种族、民族和语言群体。通过招收和支持有色人种学生和第一代大学生来增加这些比例是这个项目的一个积极目标。位于一所女子学院的Open the Gate也处于有利地位，可以在未来的数学和科学教师队伍中增加性别多样性。所学到的信息将在国家、国内和国际会议上传播，以及与数学和科学、多元文化和教师教育工作者举行的专业会议。该项目加强了米尔斯学院与周边十个高需求城市学区之间的现有合作伙伴关系，包括阿拉米达县教育办公室以及阿拉米达、伯克利、埃默里、海沃德、奥克兰、旧金山、圣莱安德罗、圣洛伦佐和西康特拉科斯塔县的统一学区。

The project reflects a partnership between the Departments of Mathematics, Computer Science, Chemistry, Physics and Biology and the Mid-Career Math and Science Program (MCMS) in the School of Education to: increase recruitment of female undergraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors and STEM professionals and recent college graduates into STEM teaching professions in area middle and high schools; offer comprehensive mentoring and support for STEM trained teachers; and, evaluate the factors influencing recruitment, preparation and retention of Open the Gate Scholars while working towards an institutionalization of the program at Mills. The project includes a demonstration research project to study the Mills model of teacher education and the factors within it that support their teacher graduates' very high retention rates in urban high-needs schools. Over the course of the project, scholarships are being offered to 12 female undergraduate senior STEM majors and to 36 male and female graduate students in the MCMS program, each with an undergraduate major in STEM. Intellectual Merit: A key component of Open the Gate is engaging the scholarship students in the construction of a demonstration research project to study this teacher education model in order to determine how the skills and knowledge of STEM pre-service students develop over time, the experiences that lead to their progress in the pre- and in-service years, and their relationship to the graduates' longevity as teachers in high poverty schools. Thus, graduates from this project are advancing the scholarship of teaching within the fields of mathematics and science education through their skills as teacher-researchers who ask scholarly questions arising from complex curricular and pedagogical problems that require sustained, careful and systematic examination of their practice in an effort to improve it. Broader Impact: Half of the credential students graduating from Mills come from racial, ethnic, and linguistic groups underrepresented in math and science. Increasing these percentages by recruiting and supporting students of color and first generation college students is an active goal of this project. Located at a women's college, Open the Gate is also well positioned to increase gender diversity in the pool of future math and science teachers. Information learned will be disseminated at state, national and international conferences and professional meetings with math and science, multicultural, and teacher educators. The project enhances existing partnerships between Mills College and ten surrounding high-needs urban school districts including Alameda County Office of Education and the unified districts of Alameda, Berkeley, Emery, Hayward, Oakland, San Francisco, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, and West Contra Costa County.